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This page started off as a double list to keep track of which puro show I want to watch next and which shows I'd like to rewatch some day. After a while this wasn't really a need for me. But after a while of watching lots of wrestling I feel the need to write down what I saw (otherwise I usually forget lol) first and foremost. I was doing that on cagematch for quite a while, but then I remembered this page exists, so why not do it here? These notes are mostly for personal and archival use anyway. I can do more stuff on this site too, add gifs, ramble more, make dedicated pages for promotion like the Sportiva page.

The Watch Later section obviously contains the shows I want to watch next. The Rewatch section contains shows I've already watched (doesn't necessarily mean I'll rewatch them all). There are no limits to which promotion I'll add here, barring maybe promotions that have their own dedicated page. I watch most of my wrestling on Wrestle Universe, but if there's any wrestling shows I found in the wild I'll have the links to them here. You can think of it as a source of information! The promotions I watch most lately are Marigold and SenJo, but Marvelous, JTO, shoot-style stuff and maybe even some DDT should pop up from time to time. Shows in Rewatch are sorted with most recent show date on top. Have fun reading!

Watch Later

Sendai Girls - 2025.01.11 - Sendai Girls Shinkiba 1st Ring
I saw on a clip on Instagram an absolutely sick german suplex big Hash delivered on Stardom's Saya Iida on the main event. I'd like to give that a peep. Ryuaka from Stardom also appears in the opener against Manami. YUNA moves up the card to tag with VENY against Bob Bob Momo Banana. Why is it that it's always the opener and the final two matches that are always the most interesting? ~2h
At Farm Care Co., Ltd. Presents Osaka Castle Festival
Osaka Pro??? What's that?? Multiple title matches in this, gorgeous ring filled with labels names and logos. ~3h
SPWF - 1998.04.19 - Isamu Teranishi 30th Anniversary
This blog suggests a match from this show. It looks sleazy and small-time, the wrestling takes place outside, it would be nice to watch this as a curiosity. I've never heard of Social/Super Pro Wrestling Federation before. This show can be found on the Internet Archive.
Fu-Ten - 2009.04.26 - BATI-BATI 26 - BATI BATI 4th Anniversary
Someone on Cagematch called the wrestling of this promotion "meditative". This intrigued me. This is a shoot-style promotion also, which is my favorite type of wrestling if you couldn't tell by now. I know nothing about Fu-Ten other than that. This show can be found on the Internet Archive.
Unemployment Pro Wrestling - 2018/10/21 - 「祭日」・マスクVs.グレイト雑魚 Masked Holiday Vs. Great ZAKO
One of Keita Yano's bizarre matches. ~30m
Newborn UWF - 1988.08.13 - UWF The Professional Bout
I am on a mission to watch all available UWF events available online. So far I've watched the first two (haven't logged them on here) and it's time to move on to the third. Norman Smiley makes an appearance. Takada vs Yamazaki should be a banger. Maeda takes on mixed martial artist Gerard Gordeau, of UFC 1 fame, on the main event.

Rewatch

Legend:

• !!! Notable match
• ??? I should have payed more attention
• ?!?/!?! Notable match and I should have payed more attention

The shows are in descending chronological order (most recent one on top).

Marigold First Dream 2026 3/1/2026
A big one kick off the year. Looking forward to Yuzuki vs Koshino for the UN title and Hayashishita vs GoChika. Aono vs Sakurai on the main I think could surprise me... Unfortunately Yuuki Minami is out with ACL injury for an indefinite amount of time... This would be a good time to re-check if she's really passionate about puroresu, she's already 27, not particularly athletically gifted or an in ring natural, and she just suffered an ACL injury that will probably sideline her for about a year... Is pro wrestling worth it for her? We'll have to see...
1. Seri Yamaoka, Shinno & CoCo vs. Kizuna Tanaka & Komomo Minami & Yuuka Yamazaki Holy shit that new gear for Yamaoka is so cool!! The face jewellery was such a cool touch. It's a bit crazy to think that Tanaka and Yuzuki are generational classmates, they are leagues apart. Yamaoka is built as the rookie final boss, however it seems that Yamazaki usually gives her problems. Nice gutwrench suplex from Yamaoka, her spears were stiff and nasty too. This match felt a bit rushed, it would have been better served if they slowed it down a little.
2. Kouki Amarei, Natsumi Showzuki & Hummingbird vs. Nao Ishikawa, Nagisa Tachibana & Momoka Hanazono Weird to see Tachibana here and not with the rookies. Kouki and Natsumi return match!! Natsumi's new colorscheme suits her much better. As soon as she hit that double knee strike, I realized how good it wasrto have her back. Kouki didn't have a new look unfortunately, but her big boot looked great and she seemed really emotional after the match. Hopefully she takes puroresu a bit more seriously from now on and hopefully she also stays injury-free. That Amethyst Butterfly on Tachi looked brutal, but not as brutal as that one on Yuuki Minami. Hanazono bollocks were welcome, but her childishness gives me the creeps.
3. Megaton vs. Popular Guy K It's Kuroshio Tokyo Japan!! It's the Uptown-Marigold card tonight it seems. Kuroshio's gimmick of taking an absurd amount of time to make his entrance and then having no sportsmanship by going for the earliest possible victory by any means necessary fit this match perfectly, it was the main plot point. This man only wants to hot dog and grandstand, he hates having to endure any kind of pain or overcome any difficulty! On the other hand, Megaton takes her very limited in ring ability very seriously, leading to lots of groundhog day shenanigans! This match was really funny, I wouldn't mind if it was longer.
4. Utami Hayashishita vs. Chika Goto Hayashishita loves to sell, she wishes she got the John Cena booking every match. Big lariat from GoChika!! She did give up the opportunity for an early win by countout after the two big swings on the outside. This was pretty fun! GoChika finally shows she can have a good midcard match and her hip attacks are becoming stiffer. Hayashishita doing her usual power moves to win despite GoChika's bulked up frame, then constantly flexing in her post match celebration was funny. Prefect use of both talents in my opinion, GoChika the rising star that connects to the crowd but needing something or someone to help her elevate her in-ring ability and Hayashishita the star that hates the pressure of headlining, just having dropped the title, coming down the card to face the hot new thing. I think this is just the right amount of bulk for GoChika, but what do I know, I'm not her.
5. Darkness Summit: Misa Matsui & CHIAKI vs. Rea Seto & Nagisa Nozaki for the Marigold Twin Star titles Ridiculous armor entrance costume for CHIAKI! Very cool evil costume for Rea! I was actually surprised by how good this was, this was my favorite match of the night. Nozaki showed just a little glimpse of what she's capable of and damn she's good when she puts her working boots on. I've gotten used to seeing her conserving her energy and taking it easy. Rea Seto also did way better than I expected. You know someone is on a good day when they throw forearms with such ferocity. Her dropkicks went straight for the head and she also did the cattle mutilation headstand just fine, after some course-correction. CHIAKI and Matsui absolutely demolished her with that double claw/chokeslam. They played to everyone's strengths and it made this match come out great! I really want to see Rea get better and be featured more.
6. Victoria Yuzuki vs. SYOKO Koshino for the Marigold United National title It felt as if Yuzuki wanted to prove she's worth the UN belt. The way she didn't shake Koshino's hand at the start, her cocky demeanour... Almost as if she felt the pressure of the UN belt. I have mixed feelings about this, on the one hand Yuzuki is slowly turning into an amazing worker, her swagger and stiff strikes in this match were absolutely amazing... However the start and the finish of the match were very sloppy, and as for the finish, that's probably Yuzuki's fault... Well, in F1 Toto Wolff once said "I'd rather have a fast, unreliable car rather than a slow car that never breaks down." (or something along those lines) and there is some truth behind that sentiment... Koshino was fine, I was a bit disappointed by her big lariats. Once she eventually hit the powerbomb it looked great. She was great at taking Yuzuki's stiff shots though. A good match, but Yuzuki vs. Sakurai I thought was better and I felt like even Yuzuki thought she could've done better because once the match ended she barely smiled or celebrated and headed straight to the back. (did they go long?) Yuzuki will be a beast with that confidence and attitude if she can become a bit more consistent. Her new hair is awesome too.
7. Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha for the GHC Women's title I always have the same reaction in main event matches that call back to the King's Road style like this one. They absolutely bore me to death because I'm not that emotionally invested in the main event chatacters until they pull out some crazy shit in the 20-minute mark and win me back over. In this match, the negotiation over the avalanche moves was that moment, it was a simple concept executed so creatively and smoothly, exactly what sets apart world-class competitors like Iwatani from the rest of the pack. She also did an awesome crucifix bomb. They did recover pretty nicely from some minor botches they had, making mistakes is human and a good recovery will always get bonus points from me. Iroha is no Iyo Sky, but she's pretty good here nonetheless. Iwatani's moonsaults were insane. The finishing stretch was generally great and the crowd ate it up too. I just wish I either had more faith in the ability of top level wrestlers to deliver after watching NOAH for a long time, or simply that they would get to the good stuff a bit sooner, SenJo style. Iroha looks great in her new red attire, I prefer it over the silver one.
8. Miku Aono vs. Mai Sakurai for the Marigold World Title Yeah it was gonna be hard to follow up the previous match. This one is definitely a step down, these two in turn are no Iwatani and Iroha... it's not a bad match, once again the finish is pretty heated, but it didn't have to be 26 minutes or whatever this was. Sakurai is good, but she's not at that level yet and while Aono can work on the main event style matches, she isn't on the Iwatani level where she could wrestle a broomstick to an entertaining match. For the most part it felt as if they didn't have too much chemistry if it weren't for the finishing stretch. Awkward table spot that looking back went much better than was anticipated, it turned into a pretty sick spot. Avalanche Styles Clash to spike Glorious Driver finish was a satisfying end to the night. Aono looks good in her new red and golden costume. Decent main event, but honestly it was the bare minimum.
I feel like I've seen stronger shows than this one from Marigold. Darkness Summit, Iwatani vs. Iroha and Megaton vs. Kuroshio were my favorites and there were strong moments in other matches as well... The card was good on paper but I think it didn't turn out as good as it could have. I was a bit disappointed with Yuzuki vs. Syoko, it could have been such a banger, but inconsistency spoiled it for me. Still not bad though, just a bit underwhelming. Damn I had a lot to say about this show...
Marigold - 2025.12.31 - New Year's Eve 2025-2026
Rookie tournament was pretty fun. Megaton being in contention was funny in itself. Surprisingly Shinno managed to get a decent serious match out of Megaton. Yamazaki got a lot more offense than I expected in her match against Yamaoka, but it still wasn't enough. Yamaoka beat the fresher Shinno, she needs to work on her stamina I think. Her German Suplex looks great. I really like that Yamaoka gets extended mat work segments, but they need to have more of a purpose. Yamaoka would do well to learn from some shoot style guys. The Marigold Rumble was very entertaining. Yuzuki's bold haircut! Lots of funnies, but some good in ring work as well. Megaton had a second chance to make an impact but she was almost immediately thrown out. Darebo imploding was also fun. Insane elimination on Iwatani. Award ceremony was whatevs. Mochi pounding segment would have been great if there was less of a language barrier. Each player got a small promo on what 2025 was like for them and what their goal for 2026 was and then they got to pound the mochi a couple of times. Rea's SenJo background showed, she pounded that mochi like a pro. Ending year change ceremony had great energy and atmosphere, balls were thrown, poses were struck, photoshoots were done, GoChika even went on a video call with Yuuki Minami so she wouldn't miss the year-change ceremony. It was all very sweet and festive and heartwarming. Marigold is so feel-good man. Looking forward to watching the big show in 1/3.
Marigold - 2025.12.27 - True Victory Twin Star Cup Tournament
Komomo can't announce the show start despite having made notes on her palm! Silly peach girl! Twin Star Cup one-day tournament show!
1. Nao Ishikawa & Hummingbird vs. Nagisa Tachibana & Yuuka Yamazaki - I found this pretty boring but the finish with Hummingbird's rollup was super clean.
2. Miku Aono & Megaton vs Seri Yamaoka & Shinno - I thought this should have been better. Aono seemed to not want to exchange kicks with Shinno. Nice to see the rookies win, but it was pretty forgettable.
3. Mayu Iwatani & Komomo Minami vs Nagisa Nozaki & Rea Seto - Snore. Draw. Snore. Rea Seto had a couple of cool dropkicks to the face! I feel bad that everyone is making fun of Komomo...
4. Utami Hayashishita & SYOKO Koshino vs Victoria Yuzuki & Kizuna Tanaka - Just as I was getting into the rhythm of it, draw again, boo. I really like Yuzuki. She had a couple of heated exchanges with Syoko.
5. Nao Ishikawa & Hummingbird vs Misa Matsui & CHIAKI - Boring boring boring... HOLY SHIT BIG GERMAN SUPLEX BY ISHIKAWA FOLLOWED BY INSANE SPLASH BY HUMMINGBIRD! Then settled back to boring...
6. Goto Chika vs Erina Yamanaka - A pretty decent match. GoChika's killer lariat, Yamanaka's big enzuigiri. Creative finish that called back to GoChika's draw with Nozaki in the Dream Star Grand Prix, only this time she won! Let's go GoChikaaaa!!!
7. Misa Matsui & CHIAKI vs Seri Yamaoka & Shinno - Best match of the card! Shinno and Yamaoka are very fiery babyfaces. Big busaiku knee from Misa while Shinno is against the ropes! Impressive power spot by CHIAKI. Other than that this match was all the rookies and their babyface fire. I love Yamaoka's dropkicks. Surprise pinfall out of nowhere that gets the pin?!?! Ohhh!!!
This show was pretty weak all around, only the last two matches are really worth it, everybody took it easy in every other match. It doesn't help that the crowd weren't too excited apart from the main event. Crowd involvement really impacts my enjoyment of a match. It's impressive to see GoChika be the best of the rest in Marigold, the featured midcard act on the verge of main event legitimacy. Rookies winning the Twin Star Cup was a pretty exciting moment, a new deadly tag team formed and a potentially new challenger...! Most importantly the Darkness Revolution Summit will still go on! All things considered, maybe skip this one or watch the last two matches. ~2hr 30m
Marigold True Victory 10/12/2025
Chanyota vs. Megaton repeated finishes was funny. Yamanaka, Ishikawa, Hummingbird three way also had its funny moments, like when they were trying to imitate Yamanaka's flashy pin. Then they transitioned well into more serious territory. These two matches were more entertaining than I expected, a good comedy fix. Semi main 3v3 tag was also decent. Main event Twin Star match was great, CHIAKI and Yuuki Minami had their best performance to date. Minami is great at being the underdog in peril, she sells like death anc she also did some very strong dropkicks and a cool pinning hold. Seeing GoChika having to save her and clean house was very entertaining. Her being the workhorse of the tag team will also help her improve her stamina! The DareBo Summit segment ruled, Rea as the polite heel was so endearing! Good mic segment to close the show by CHIAKI. I think that's enough Marigold house shows for now. ~2h
Marigold True Victory Noon & Night 06/12/2025
Marigold has grown to be one of the most consistently entertaining promotions for me. Lots of storyline development in these two shows!
Noon: Does a good job of building Hummingbird up for her challenge on the night show. GoChika & Minami vs. Darebo was a pretty fun tag, didn't even mind the countout finish as there was nothing at stake. Main event Yuzuki UN defense against Matsui Misa was a basic match executed very well, although I do think the crowd could have made a bit more noise and that these two could do better on a bigger stage than random house #3000. Yuzuki's Victory Shooting move looks like it can kill a joshi... Megaton unfortunately didn't deliver the goods this day, her match was pretty bad.
Night: Megaton vs Komomo was funny and good, what a match! Semi main was good too. Hummingbird stepped up big time on the main event. Super happy for her, she gets to redo her disastrous Marigold debut with Iwatani and she does great! It helps that one of the greatest in the world is with her in the ring, but the bird shows great fire and pulls out some cool moves without getting ahead of herself or messing up anything. Not one messed up spot! Unbelievable. I love Hummingbird's short fuse and her devilish screaming make her stand out from the otherwise happy-go-lucky or stoic Marigold roster. Her springboard crossbody to the outside was also awesome. Post-match poor Komomo had to endure Iwatani talking down to her and the crowd joining in by laughing to her jokes. It seemed to get to Komotan, she looked about ready to cry by the end. Thankfully Miku Aono was there to comfort her in the show closing segment. Done like a true ace, props to Aono. Prove em wrong Komotan! Have an awesome match like Hummingbird to prove you're ready to step it up! Iwatani vs Komomo should be a banger, it truly will be a high-speed match. The rest of the matches were pretty mid.
!!! Sendai Girls - 2025.11.22 - Mika Iwata 10th Anniversary Event "Kick Thunder Claw Marks" !!!
SenJo's surly striker will take on her rival Saori Anou in a tag match with Miyuki Takase and Ryo Mizunami. Say what you will about SenJo's booking, but they're the only promotion where I am more excited for a tag team main event rather than a singles match. They always deliver on their tag team wrestling. Team 200kg will take on FWC in their hometown mere days before Yuu's retirement. Tag belts on the line! Manami returns from injury tagging with Matsumoto against VENY and Chi Chi, this should also be good. YUNA vs Yura Suzuki rookie match has the potential to surprise. ~2hr. Love these runtimes, there is absolutely no fluff on SenJo.
SenJo's surly striker's anniversary show... It seems like her highly strung persona is closer to her real life personality, if Yurika Oka's comments in Senjo's new channel's first video are to be taken at face value.
1. YUNA vs. Yura Suzuki YUNA was a bit too sloppy in this one... She seemed distracted. Yura Suzuki did great though. Maybe the fact that Suzuki scored an exciting upset over YUNA had something to do with that. Mediocre match even for a rookie contest, but the upset finish stuck with me, I like Yura Suzuki's style.
2. Chi Chi & VENY vs. Manami & Hiroyo Matsumoto Don't remember anything about this honestly. It's nice to see Manami back from her injury, I think she's awesome.
3. Bob Bob Momo Banana vs. Miku Kanae & Rydeen Hagane This was really fun! Rydeen Hagane is so impressive with her brute strength and her big lariats. She had some great segments with Momono Mio. Miku Kanae is also generally very skilled considering the short time she's been active. Good stuff!
4. DASH Chisako vs. Spike Nishimura Still not a big Nishimura fan and this match didn't convince me. Nishimura doesn't ever interact with the crowd in any way, she seems scared shitless to be out there, deer in the headlights type shit. Sure, she does her taunts and she shouts from time to time, but she never involves the crowd in anything she does, she doesn't even look at them. Plunder-less singles matches aren't Chisako's strong suit.
5. !!! Team 200kg vs. FWC !!! Nice to see Hazuki back. In a twist, the majority of work in this match is done by Yuu and Koguma, and they do very well! I enjoyed this the most out of any match in this card. I loved Yuu's judo takedown and last ride. Big Hash gets into a german suplex exchange with Koguma and they both absolutely destroy each other! Koguma landed straight on her head and immediately went into a fighting spirit spot, how was she not knocked silly after that? Good stuff. Hazuki took it quite easy in this match, but she did sell Yuu's chops like she was being shot point blank, it immediately hooked me into the match. Sometimes it's the little things! Very satisfying finish, I honestly expected Team 200kg to drop the titles to FWC, since Yuu's retirement is nearing and all, so you could imagine my surprise when the match went the way it did.
6. Ryo Mizunami & Saori Anou vs. Mika Iwata & Miyuki Takase What an oddball pairing Mizunami and Anou are. Complete and total opposites in character, Anou the expressionless Ice Queen, Mizunami the goofball over the top Big Bro. Red,, Green and Blue in this match. Iwata's new attire looks so sick holy shitt. Unfortunately I didn't really get into this match, maybe I was a bit exhausted from the previous one. I really liked Mizunami's performance here though. She hit an amazing uranage slam, very unlike Sareee's king's road head-spiking over-the-head uranage. Mizunami kind of turns to the side while executing it and the opponent lands with such a satisfying big thud on the mat, high on their shoulders, but not spiked. Great move showcasing Mizunami's brutish power. I thought it was same-ol' same-ol' from Iwata, she is still lacking that something extra I feel like. Anou was so slick in the ring although she also took it easy. Takase's big lariats are always a treat. Fun match, but expected a lot more.
Maybe I was a bit tired when going in, it was tough for most matches to keep my interest. However the Bob Bob Momo Banana tag and the semi-main are absolute bangers, I can't deny that. Main event follows close behind. The rest I found a bit disappointing. Another bang for your buck show by SenJo! They really can't miss can they. (spoilers: sometimes they do miss)
Sendai Girls - 2025.11.18 - Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling in Sendai PIT
You would expect SenJo to take it easy on a show sandwiched between Hashimoto's and Iwata's anniversary shows. Nuh-uh. Main event SYURI!!!! in a tag match with Lady C against Team 200kg! No days off for big Hash. Love the Stardom - SenJo collaboration.
1. YUNA vs. Yuka Satsuki Decent rookie match with a good mat wrestling finishing stretch. Cool rollup finish by YUNA. Her mat wrestling is becoming quite good.
2. Bob Bob Momo Banana vs. Ryo Mizunami & Chi Chi I expected more, but can't say I was impressed. Mizunami had a good heat segment on Momono Mio. Oka and Chi Chi had some good interactions.
3. Red Energy vs. Miku Kanae & DASH Chisako Good finishing stretch between Kanae and Iwata, other than that it was truly unremarkable.
4. Team 200kg vs. Syuri & Lady C I was surprised that there was very limited Hash and Syuri involvement. However Yuu and Lady C surprised me in a positive way. Lady C has some of that Akira Taue tall, lanky and clumsy charm with her big boots and neckbreaker drops. Yuu had her working boots on, she powerbombed Lady C in the corner and then hit a sick judo throw, fast as lightning.
Probably worth it only for the main event, but if you really insist, you can watch the semi-main too. This show was probably not worth the watch after all. Nice to see more Stardom talent though. ~1h 50m
!!! Sendai Girls - 2025.11.16 - Hashimoto 10th Anniversary Show “KAIBUTSU A DECADE” !!!
Was really looking forward to this. First two matches are only ok, although Senka climbing the turnbuckle and hitting her big frogsplash was awesome. Senka rules. Aja Kong, Yuu and Sakura Hirota comedy match was a good laugh, Yuu thinking Hirota was Hashimoto and Sakura not being able to stand the high impact offense of Team 200kg was funny. !!! Natsupoi & Aya Sakura vs Bob Bob Momo Banana was a very cool match. Momo Banana's stamina is off the charts. At some point Natsupoi and Momono Mio start doing some crazy acrobatic spots where they try to out-flip each other and it's awesome. This felt like a Natsupoi introdcution. The Momo Banana repeated dropkicks spot must be so brutal for all parties involved. Would love to see this again. !!! Maria vs DASH was a bit underwhelming ufnortunately. Iroha & VENY vs Red Energy I also expected to be a bit more exciting, they just started throwing bombs out of the gate like it was nothing. It was still very enjoyable. !!! Well big Hash vs Sareee was a masterclass as expected. I've never seen anyone throw basic forearms strikes with as much force as Sareee in this match, how did she not break her wrist like Giulia did in the first Marigold show?? Big fucking slams. Big fucken moves. Sareee hits five Uranages and 2-more wrist-clutch style ones. Hash gives her the stiffest powerbomb I've ever seen. How did Sareee not break her neck? I loved Sareee's shoot-style kneebars. Usually in a match like this limb work feels obligatory to pan out time, but Sareee attacks with such ferocity that it seems like it's giving her a genuine advantage. It's like watching wrestling for the first time again. What a great rivalry. What a match. You don't have to sell if the other person is throwing bombs. You don't have to try to reverse shit if you just want to see who the tougher and meaner person is. Winning doesn't mean shit if you just want to show you're the stronger one. Bring on everything you've got! !!! Great show by SenJo all around. Looking forward to more of their big shows, this is quite an exciting time for them. ~3h


POWERBOOOOOMB!!!!

!!! Kakuto Tanteidan - 10/23/2025 - Fighting Detectives IV ~Straight Ahead~ !!!
Overall this was an enjoyable show and I really missed the KTDan style. However this has to be the weakest of the bunch. It's ok, you can't have all-time classics every time. The show opens with Ari Najima from Sportiva vs Kosuke Sato! I recently found out about them, so it all comes full circle. About as standard a KTDan match you can get, good grappling, stiff striking, it's all there! Could have used a bit more drama. I really liked Najima's strikes, especially his wild hammer swings/haymakers/clubs, whatever you wanna call them. 2nd match had some cool new faces in Kengo Mashimo and Yuko Miyamoto, I was really impressed with the latter. Lots more drama in this and I think it made it a more enjoyable match. brother YASSHI looks a lot less out of place here, he's adapting to this style well. !!! Manabu Hara vs Keita Yano is a very interesting match! I thought I remembered Yano from Lidet UWF's first show, but it was a false memory. He's absolutely mesmerizing. Truly a loose cannon, you don't know what to expect each moment from him. His dejected body language is very unsettling in a puroresu world where everybody is intense and emotional. Manabu Hara is a great straight man for him, he is Yano's exact opposite and he makes his opponent look like a star. He puts him in his place when he gets too cocky with some stiff strikes, but also sells for all of Yano's oddball grappling. Yano's got a lot of that and he also has stuff like an incredible transition into the tightest sharpshooter you'll see. Yano seems truly one of a kind in this match. Dude makes art with his broody wrestling. He wrestles like he's really lonely, sad and given up, in a good way! This match has to be seen to be believed. !!! Next up is the veteran tag. I was happy to see Yone. The match was lighthearted, with glimpses of heat and some creative mat work, as a veteran match should be. The real winners are all four of them for being able to step into the ring after all those years of wrestling. I had some fun. Hidaka can still go. I wish we saw stiffer lariats from Yone and I hope he comes back to KTDan. The main event was fine although I think I expected more. It had maybe a bit too much of Abe's bollocks. I liked the PK kick trading spot, those looked like they hurt and I thought the finish where Sato kicked Abe's leg outta his leg was cool. A unique match in terms of bachi-bachi style, but I've seen better. ~2h
!!! Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling in Sendai PIT 17/10/2025 !!!
Nishimura vs Kouga was very sloppy, ultimately pretty bad, although both were at fault for that, not just Nishimura. If anything she hit an impressive body slam after she deadlifted Kouga. Still a bit lame that she's going to the finals. Nightshade vs DASH Chisako was very entertaining, Nightshade is a very good big woman and her mocking the crowd was pretty funny too. Big meaty 6-woman had good action and a positive atmosphere, Ryo Mizunami was cracking up Team 200kg all the time with her upbeat personality. I really liked Soy's spunk, she's my favorite of the Evolution gals. YUNA vs Senka was a great technical match, I was really invested! YUNA bust out a slingblade holy shit!!! There was a weird jarring cut, first time I've ever seen anything like that in WU. I want to see more Senka vs YUNA please!!! Well, mostly more YUNA. I think she's going to be future great. !!! Main event tag was awesome! Superassed my expectations. Bob Bob Momo Banana's tandem offense is so exciting and unique. Their silly antics have a great victim in surly striker Iwata and energetic brawler Takase. These two don't really pull out their best moves, apart from some particularly nasty lariats from Takase, but let Momo Banana shine after they bully them a little bit. Oka deadlift suplexed Iwata! You wouldn't expect the banana girl to be that strong. I was pleasantly surprised Momo Banana's win! I think they're challenging for the tag titles? As they should after a performance like this! Watch this match! !!! This was a very worthwhile event overall, just skip the opener.
!!! Kakuto Tanteidan III ~ One Life To Live 8/4/2025 !!!
Holy shit the first matches are insaneee!! I knew I was onto something when I thought Nagao was the best thing in the REAL ZERO1 shows. Good on him to get out of there too, ZERO1 looks like a dead end lately. Ishikawa vs Nagao delivers big hard hitting action, it's awesome but I thought it lacked some much needed technical wrestling. Then Masashi Takeda vs Kosuke Sato comes and it blows everything out of the water. You want stiff strikes? You want exciting grappling? You want deadly submissions? You want drama? This match has it all, probs one of my favorite matches ever! Takeda looked so scary after blood coming out from above his ear, it was traumatizing. I think Takeda is my favorite male wrestler and I've only seen two matches of his, both on Kakuto Tanteidan cards. The two following matches I found boring after those emotional highs. Main event is very good, but we've seen better in the singles matches between Nomura and Abe. Fuckin watch the two opening matches of the show now!!!


Some moments from this great match. Both of these guys' explosiveness in performing techniques and storytelling through facials is on top!

JTO GIRLS SPECIAL 東京・Shinjuku FACE 29/8/2024
First match was pretty sloppy and bad but it was nice to see Yoppy. Second match was pretty good, Yamagata and Azusa were a level above the other two. Big Haruka's debut was one of the most exciting debuts I've ever seen, the crowd was so rabid for her! UWA World Light Heavy title match between Kagura and Yanagawa was an all-out guns-blazing sprint that was very satisfying. I want to see more from these two, especially Yanagawa! Main event Tomoka vs Aoi really disappointed me, Aoi's first kick was awesome but they almost immediately dropped the heated opening in order to do some limb work that blatantly only served to pad out the time. And they didn't even have enough stamina to give one last sprint at the 20-minute mark! Boo. I lost them at the limb work and they didn't win me back ever. Still happy for Aoi. This is another Tomoka match that I've left disappointed from. Many mic appeals to close the show, I skipped some of them. Yuu Yamagata vs Aoi should be awesome though. ~2h
!!! TJPW Summer Sun Princess '24 20/7/2024 !!!
6-woman opener was awesome, there's something special about last year's rookie class... Mei vs. Takami and 2nd 6-woman were fun. Kamiyu vs. Sekiguchi was good, Nao Kakuta shenanigans included after all! Kamiyu is turing into a deadly killing machine. !!! 121000000 vs. Mizuki & Sakura is amazing! !!! Kong vs. Nakajima is an explosion of violence. !!! Tag title match is also amazing! Daisy Monkey's fast teamwork vs. Arai heavy-duty firepower and Miyamoto's hunger for her first title! !!! Main event is very good but I was tired by then.


Killer combination! Poor Mizuki!

!!! Sendai Girls Korakuen Hall Event 15/7/2024 !!!
The opening matches are entertaining but nothing special. !!! Haven't had that much fun with a hardcore match in a while. !!! Tag title match was pretty fun, classic Senjo action. Glad for the upset! Main event was heated, dramatic, high impact and very good, a bit sad for the end of this Mika Iwata era... I really liked her as champion. Excited for the Chisako challenge! She had the best match on this card!
MARIGOLD Summer Destiny 2024 13/7/2024
Opening match was fiery. Showzuki vs. Matsui was awesome. MIRAI vs. Aono and subsequent Bozilla match was also awesome. Semi-main was awesome. Main was very good.
Sendai Girls Pro-Wrestling EDION Arena Osaka 13/7/2024
I didn't expect Manami vs. Yurika Oka would be so heated, it was pretty cool. I didn't really care for Lena Kross in the semi-main. The main was pretty fun. Consistently very solid puro from Senjo, they are quickly becoming my favourites with their no-frills product.
TJPW Nao Kakuta produced the show CROSS 6/7/2024
Funny battle royal where TJPW wrestlers dressed as different Naos. Proof that Nao has good fashion sense, black and purple looked great on everyone! Main event was awesome, very fast pace and at times even hard-hitting. Some nice technical wrestling as well... Rewatch maybe...?
King Of DDT 20th anniversary 1st Round 5/6/2024
Higuchi match is a big hoss-fest with drama. It's ok.
TJPW YES! Wonderland '24 6/5/2024
Tag title match was good, but Uehara & Himawari still got a long way to go. PuriPuri main has some great technical wrestling at the beginning, quite good storytelling match, but Watanabe still needs to work harder, she barely won. Toga is great in the opener. HIMAWARI looking very sexy in the Tag title pre-match promos and a good main event.
Sendai Girls Pro Wrestling Shinkiba 1stRING Tournament 10/5/2024
Only last three matches are worth it. Tag team main event is very good, very much worth a rewatch.
!!! King Of DDT 20th anniversary 2nd Round 5/6/2024 !!!
Small show, skipped everything and went straight to Higuchi vs. Ishikawa. Amazing match, 10/10 MUST REWATCH for some great hard-hitting action. Big meaty men slapping meat at its best! Main event is good, MAO is awesome, I don't yet care about To-y.
!!! NOAH Sunny Voyage 18/5/2024 !!!
Go Shiozaki vs. Ryohei Oiwa main event: Very good battle of attrition between two big heavyweights, awesome match. Oiwa shows the progress he made during his months in NOAH. Very worth rewatching.
!!! Marigold Fields Forever 20/5/2024 !!!
Good two openers, amazing main event, the rest are skippable! Check it out. ~3 hours
1. Nanae vs. Victoria Yuzuki is a super heated opener, good match with lots of drama.
2. Miku Aono vs. Nao Ishikawa is the best of the three first matches, very impactful. Not many power moves, but there are cool moves here.
3. !!! Utami Hayashishita & Giulia vs. Sareee & Bozilla !!! : Amazing main event, it's insane how high impact this was. Rewatch ASAP!!! Giulia takes insane punishment from Sareee, big bruiser Bozilla is a modern age female Stan Hansen.
NOAH Star Navigation 21/5/2024
Glorified tour show. Everything was boring apart from the main event which was ok. Oiwa being cool and rejecting everyone was the best part of this show.
!!! NOAH Star Navigation Night 2 22/5/2024 !!!
1. Sasaki vs. Sato: Cool technical match, with a hint of shoot-style. It was enjoyable but I won't be missing it anytime soon.
2. !!! Masa Kitamiya vs. Tomohiro Ishii !!!: Very hard-hitting action, super stiff, big meaty men slapping meat action just how I liked it. It's not perfect but it's pretty good.
3. Jake Lee & Tadasuke vs. Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi: Some good stiff lariats and hard action between Tadasuke and Takagi towards the end but not the best. It's an ok match though.
4. !!! Kenoh vs. Minoru Suzuki !!! : Sadist Suzuki is really scary in his role, raw visceral bloody action, Kenoh perserveres through fighting spirit (not defiance?) and there's a lot of strikes exchanged. Suzuki's forearm strikes are sick. Didn't climax as I had hoped but it's still pretty good. 3 PFSs on Suzuki! Kenoh makes a promise in-ring to leave the Suzuki-gun days behind.

Much better than the first day, more hunger in matches, more excited crowd. Worth watching. Rewatching? We'll see.

!!! SENDAI Girls Pro Wrestling Azalea Taisho Hall 18/5/24 !!!
Mio Momono & Yurika Oka vs. Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu is a great main event, best SENDAI Girls match I've seen so far. Hard-hitters Hashimoto and Yuu vs. scrappy and energetic Oka and Momono.
King Of DDT ~20th Anniversary~ 26/5/2024
Kazusada vs. MAO was awesome. Brookes vs. Sasaki was whatevs. MAO vs. Sasaki final I don't even remember. I don't really care for Sasaki, but MAO and Higuchi are awesome.
NOAH Limit Break .2 29/5/2024
Owada vs. Sekimoto was cool. Kotoge vs. Akiyama had a good finishing stretch. Main event time limit draw was very hard-hitting between Saito and Shiozaki. Worth for the main event, otherwise closer to any other tour show rather than the first LIMIT BREAK.
!!! Yoji Anjo vs. Masakatsu Funaki (UWF Newborn 6-14-89) !!!
Great shoot-style match that has a lot of heat and mixes up strikes and technical wrestling. Very impressive, very worthy of a rewatch. ~23m
Marigold Grand Opening Wars 2024 26/5/2024
Noon was slightly above average tour show. Bojira appearance was awesome in a triangle match with Hayashishita and Victoria Yuzuki. I watched most of the night show from the DIGEST in their youtube channel. I watched semi-main and main event in full and they were both pretty cool and heated. Bojira was awesome as always in the semi main tag and all Hayashishita Yuzuki and Kouki were good in the main.


Hayashishita ends the show with a sick deadlift german on Yuzuki!

The Leave Presents LIMIT BREAK.3 19/6/2024
Yone vs. Ishikawa was a very good short big hoss fest. This match is what puroresu is for me! Could have been a bit longer... Higuchi and Fujita started slow, so I thought it would go long, but an explosion of violence at the end resulted in an early finish. It could have been more violent! Saito v Vice was short and sweet. Shiozaki Akiyama vs. Marufuji Sugiura main event was very enjoyable and hard-hitting! Shiozaki and Marufuji beat the crap out of each other! Very old school in a very heartwarming way. This is a worthy successor to LIMIT BREAK 1! I want more! I think this is what I want to watch out of NOAH, despite the match qulity not being as good as the main NOAH product. This feels more sporting-like.
NOAH GRAND SHIP 2024 in YOKOHAMA 16/6/2024
• Kitamiya Inaba vs. Alexander Taniguchi was pretty fun and hard- hitting. Titus Alexander bust out some pretty impressive moves!
• Junior 6-man was cool, Eita is always awesome and AMAKUSA was spinning and twisting and turning all the time which was fun (first time seeing him).
• People didn't care too much about the Oiwa HAYATA v Sasaki Ogawa match either, but I cared! Sasaki and Oiwa are awesome! Sasaki is becoming quite deadly... All those tag matches with Sugiura payed off...
• Daga v Starboy pretty cool junior match! Charlie is so dreamy.... Easy defence for Daga.
• "If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself." Tag title match was solid with a great finish.
• Gabe Kidd got all the crowd brawling out the way in the beginning and a hard-hitting main event was left. Fav part was when he suplexed G-man! It was a pretty good main event, but not particularly special. But that challenge??? OHHHH!!!!
This was overall good but not especially breathtaking. Nice undercard! Kitamiya Inaba vs. Alexaner Taniguchi and Oiwa/Sasaki tag matches were great! Main event is worth it but not special. Cool show. Pretty exciting to see all the new blood clawing away at the established wrestlers.
SENDAI Girls Pro-Wrestling in Shinjuku FACE 9/6/2024
Watching a Wrestle Universe event live in full for the first time, missed the first match. Comedy 2nd match was pretty funny. 3 v 3 was good and heated (Chisako vs. Iwata coming up?). Team 200kg semi-main was absolutely amazing, Hashimoto especially pulled off some extremely impressive moves. Worth a rewatch? Main event tag title bout was heated and not as hard-hitting but was full of drama. Did Oka manage to win her first title...? (the Senjo Junior championship doesn't count)


Unique transitions to a powerful gutwrench suplex! Hashimoto is awesome!

TJPW PRISM '24 9/6/2024
Kazashiro has come far in her 1 year of wrestling, Okubo's development was hampered due to her months-long abscence due to exams. They didn't pose a challenge to the tag champs but they were able to throw them off their game and have a competitive match at least. Kamiyu & Aja Kong 6-man tag was entertaining. Arai match was ok. PuriPuri title main was dirty and ugly but in a good way. Some tasty stiff strikes towards the end. Watanabe Miu is having a real cruel bloom as champ.
NOAH Star Navigation 2024 9/6/2024
Kiyomiya & Kenoh vs. Jake Lee & Gabe Kidd main event! Kondo & Eita challenge for the junior tag titles! Owada, Oiwa, Morris vs. Marufuji! ~2h 30m
• Kitamiya & Oiwa 6-man was a gorgeous match. Hard hits but mostly bone-crunching suplexes galore. Everyone was awesome (Titus was only ok). Rewatch? Not as grand but very satisfying.
• Morris vs. Marufuji was pretty cool, it got quite heated by the end but they've got more to give. Morris' star is starting to shine, he's becoming better and better every show...
• Junior tag title bout was mostly meh but built up to and awesome end.
• Didn't care for the hardcore nature of this match. I liked Gabe Kidd's fire in his opening promo, but then he started wrestling like a hooligan... I'd like to see him in a few years after he's matured and learned sportsmanship. He looks awesome, though. Didn't care for the double count out finish either.
NOAH Wrestle Magic 4/5/2024
I didn't get to watch it when it was first streamed. Sasaki & Sakuraba vs. Sato & Taniguchi shoot-style match! Marigold 6-woman! Oiwa tags with Inaba! EHDDWJr vs. Kiyomiya GHC Heavy main! Probs ~5h
Kenoh vs. YAMATO was pretty cool. YAMATO is a really charismatic personality. Martial arts tag was ok, very cool outfit on Sasaki's debut. Marigold 6-woman tag is not excellent, but it is very enjoyable. Junior and junior tag matches I didn't care for. I slept through most of the main event but from what I caught it seemed very enjoyable.


Surgical roundhouse from Kenoh!

NOAH Star Navigation 11/4/2024
HAYATA vs. Morris is much better than I expected. TOKYO SCRAMBLE 8-man vets vs. current gen special is amazing. Special shoutout to Shiozaki's lariat on Oiwa, it's a thing of beauty, really. Main event is full of fury and anger and intensity between Kenoh and Kiyomiya, although I would like to rewatch this. Kiyomiya trying to prove he is no longer an up-and-comer and a naive youngster but established and worthy of respect from Kenoh + trying to undo all the humiliation from Kenoh in the buildup. Rest of the matches are ok but nothing too special. A bit less than 3 hours.


The 8-man from this event is where I snatched this beautiful gif from!

NOAH Star Navigation 2024 31/3/2024
Most of this card is meh, EHDDW Jr. vs. Jake Lee main event is pretty good! Lots of drama and storytelling.
TJPW Grand Princess '24 31/3/2024
Itoh vs. Suzuki was at times fun and at times traumatizing. Arai vs. Kamifuku was ok. Tag title semi-main Daisy Monkey vs. YukiNiki was very dramatic. Main event was cool and fun. This show ushers in the next gen of TJPW stars.
ZERO1 Yasukuni Shrine 31/3/2024
First three matches are simple to follow and quite enjoyable, especially the Junya Matsunaga and Takumi Baba ones. NOAH vs. ZERO1 tag is also fast and fun. Saito vs. Vice main event is ok, although the crowd was super into it, maybe I didn't get it? Re-visit for some solid REAL ZERO1 action.
Sendai Girls Pro-Wrestling 2024 in Shinkiba 1st RING - "I'll never forget that" 17/3/2024
First Sendai Girls event on Wrestle Universe! Very stiff in ring work! Reminiscent of the stiffest of old school AJW matches. Great logo! Less than 2 hours, 4 out of 5 matches are very good.
!!! NOAH Limit Break Vol.1 15/2/2024 !!!
Big meaty veterans slapping big meat and kicking the shit out of each other. Fiery Kotoge takes defiant KENTA role in the main and kicks ass. Only 2 hours 25 minutes.
TJPW Aquarium Pro-Wrestling In Yokohama 10/12/2023
Yeah, this was whatevs.